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Bloomerang CRM

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$125 per month
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User industry
  1. Accommodation and food services
  2. Healthcare and life sciences
  3. Public sector and nonprofit organizations

What is Bloomerang CRM

Bloomerang CRM is a nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) and donor management platform used to track donors, households, organizations, and fundraising activity. It supports day-to-day development operations such as donation processing, engagement tracking, segmentation, reporting, and communications workflows. The product is typically used by small to mid-sized nonprofits that want a unified database for fundraising and donor stewardship. It emphasizes ease of use and retention-focused reporting compared with broader nonprofit ERP suites or specialized grantmaking platforms.

pros

Nonprofit-focused donor database

Bloomerang centralizes constituent records, giving history, interactions, and engagement data in a single system. It supports common nonprofit data structures such as households, relationships, and soft credits. This focus generally reduces configuration effort compared with more generalized CRM platforms. It also helps standardize development team processes around a shared source of truth.

Fundraising and engagement reporting

The platform provides reporting oriented around donor retention and engagement, which aligns with common nonprofit KPIs. Users can segment constituents based on giving and interaction history to support targeted outreach. Reporting is designed for operational use by development staff rather than requiring a dedicated analyst. This can be advantageous versus tools that prioritize application review or corporate giving workflows over donor stewardship analytics.

Integrated fundraising workflows

Bloomerang supports core fundraising workflows such as gift entry, acknowledgements, and campaign/fund tracking within the CRM. It also offers integrations and add-ons commonly used by nonprofits (for example, online giving, email, and accounting connections) to reduce manual reconciliation. These capabilities help teams run end-to-end fundraising operations without adopting a full nonprofit ERP. The result is typically a simpler stack for organizations centered on donor fundraising rather than grantmaking.

cons

Limited grantmaking depth

Bloomerang is primarily designed for donor fundraising and constituent management, not for end-to-end grantmaking operations. Organizations that need applicant portals, multi-stage application review, scoring, and panel management may find the native capabilities insufficient. Those workflows are more typical of dedicated application and review platforms. As a result, foundations and grantmakers often require additional systems or integrations.

Not a full nonprofit ERP

The product does not aim to replace comprehensive nonprofit ERP suites that cover finance, HR, procurement, and complex multi-entity accounting in one system. While it can integrate with accounting tools, organizations with advanced financial controls or enterprise reporting needs may need a separate ERP. This can increase integration and data-governance requirements. Larger organizations may also outgrow the operational reporting model and require a data warehouse or BI layer.

Data migration and governance effort

Like most CRMs, value depends on clean constituent data, consistent coding, and disciplined user processes. Migrating from spreadsheets or legacy databases can require significant deduplication, mapping, and historical data decisions. Ongoing governance (naming conventions, campaign/fund structure, and permissioning) is needed to keep reporting reliable. Teams without dedicated admin capacity may experience slower adoption or inconsistent data quality.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Bloomerang CRM (starting) $125 per month (billed annually) — starting price Donor management, predictive giving insights, marketing & engagement, reporting & analytics, data management, mobile app for fundraisers. Pricing scales with number of constituent records; unlimited users; exact tiered pricing by record count requires contacting Bloomerang/sales.

Seller details

Bloomerang, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
2012
Private
https://bloomerang.co/
https://x.com/bloomerangtech
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomerang/

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